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| Global Score | |
| 58.9 | 62.6 |
| Basic Information | |
| Sony | Samsung |
| Android 4.1.1, 4.0.3 | Android 11 |
| 2012-08-29 | 2022-01-13 |
| 9.44 x 6.87 x 0.47 inches | 9.72 x 6.37 x 0.27 inches |
| 20.64 ounces | 17.92 ounces |
| -- | Gray, Pink Gold and Silver |
| $ 275.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 9.4 inches | 10.5 inches |
| 1280 x 800 pixels | 1920 x 1080 pixels (Full HD) |
| TFT | TFT |
| 161 pixels per inch | 210 pixels per inch |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 6.7 | 6.3 |
| Performance | |
| NVIDIA Tegra 3 T30L chipset | Unisoc Tiger T618 (12 nm) chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A9 (Quad-Core 1300 MHz) processor | processor |
| 1 GB (1333 MHz) RAM | 3 GB RAM |
| ULP GeForce (416 MHz) GPU | Mali G52 MP2 GPU |
| 8.46 | 6.03 |
| Storage | |
| 64 GB internal memory | 32 GB internal memory |
| SD, SDHC, SDXC (up to 128 GB) external memory slot | microSDXC (up to 1 TB) external memory slot |
| 10.02 | 11.12 |
| Camera | |
| 8.00 MP | 8.00 MP + 5.00 MP |
| 5.94 | 6.49 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| -- | LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G) and HSDPA |
| 2.4 | 6 |
| Battery Life | |
| -- | 7040mAh Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 1.36 | 8.32 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 3.0 | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| Infra-red port | -- |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
Comparison review
The Galaxy Tab A8 has an overall score of 62.6, which is slightly better than the Sony Xperia Tablet S's overall score of 58.9. Galaxy Tab A8's design is newer, somewhat lighter and much thinner than Sony Xperia Tablet S. These devices include Android operating system, but Galaxy Tab A8 has the previous 11 version while Sony Xperia Tablet S has Android 4.1.1 version.
The Xperia Tablet S counts with a really superior performance than Samsung Galaxy Tab A8, because although it has a lower amount of RAM memory and 4 less cpu cores , it also counts with a graphics processor. Sony Xperia Tablet S features a little bit better looking screen than Samsung Galaxy Tab A8, although it has a just a bit lower count of pixels per inch of screen, a little smaller screen and a way lower 800 x 1280 pixels resolution.
The Galaxy Tab A8 has a bit better camera than Sony Xperia Tablet S. Both of them have a 8 mega-pixels camera. The Galaxy Tab A8 has a quite bigger storage capacity for applications and games than Xperia Tablet S, because although it has less internal memory capacity, it also counts with a slot for an SD memory card that admits a maximum of 1 TB.
Galaxy Tab A8 counts with a much longer battery duration than Xperia Tablet S.
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